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Results of publishing and unpublishing different items

You can publish, republish and unpublish different types of items in Content Manager. For example, you can publish entire Publication, only a certain Page, only a selected Component, a Bundle of different items and other items. It is important to understand the differing results of each publish or unpublish action.

The table summarizes what happens when you publish or republish different types of items, and conversely, what happens when you unpublish those same items. Because there are important differences between what is published in template-based publishing versus templateless, data-only publishing, separate columns indicated the results for the two publishing pipelines.

Selected itemPublished items (or republished)Template-basedData onlyUnpublished itemsTemplate-basedData only
PublicationPages — if located in publishable Structure GroupsYesYesPublished PagesYesYes
Dynamic Component PresentationsYesNoPublished Dynamic Component PresentationsYesN/A
Components alone — any based on Schemas where publishing is enabledNoYesPublished ComponentsN/AYes
Categories and KeywordsYesYesPublished Categories and KeywordsYesYes
Structure GroupPages — if nested in publishable Structure GroupsYesYesPublished Pages nested in publishable Structure GroupsYesYes
Dynamic Component Presentations — any present on included PagesYesNoPublished Dynamic Component Presentations present on included PagesYesN/A
Components alone — any present on included Pages that are based on Schemas where publishing is enabledNoYesPublished ComponentsN/AYes
Structure Group information — if publish option selectedYesYesPublished Structure Group information — if unpublish option selectedYesYes
PagePage itselfYesYesPublished PageYesYes
Dynamic Component Presentations — any present on the Page YesNoPublished Dynamic Component PresentationsNoN/A
Components alone — any present on the Page that are based on Schemas where publishing is enabledNoYesPublished ComponentsN/ANo
Page TemplatePages — any that use this Page TemplateYesYesPages — any published using this Page TemplateYesYes
Dynamic Component Presentations — any present on Pages using the selected Page TemplateYesNoPublished Dynamic Component PresentationsNoN/A
Components alone — any present on Pages using the selected Page Template, which are also based on Schemas where publishing is enabledNoYesPublished ComponentsN/ANo
ComponentDynamic Component Presentation for selected Component — if Schema is linked to a dynamic Component TemplateYesNoPublished Dynamic Component Presentation where Schema is linked to a dynamic Component TemplateNoN/A
Component alone — if Schema has publishing enabledNoYesPublished ComponentN/AYes
Dynamic Component Presentations for other Components that link to the selected Component — if user selects the advanced publishing option to also publish these other Components (both linked and linking Components must be associated with Dynamic Component Templates)YesNoPublished Dynamic Component Presentations linked to the selected ComponentN/AN/A
Components alone — if above row is true and the Schema has publishing enabledNoYesNo option for unpublishingN/AN/A
Pages — any that were previously published with the Component as an embedded (static) Component PresentationYesYesAll published Pages which use the Component are unpublishedYesYes
Component TemplateDynamic Component Presentations — if the Component Template is dynamicYesNoDynamic Component Presentations — any published with the dynamic Component TemplateYesN/A
Component alone — if Schema is associated with the Dynamic Component Template and has publishing enabled NoYesPublished ComponentN/AYes
Pages — if Component Template is static

The entire Page published (or republished) with embedded Component Presentation.

YesYesPages — any published with the Component Template as part of a static (embedded) Component PresentationYesYes
BundleEvery item in the Bundle — same publish actions that would occur if the items in the Bundle were to be published individually, but with a single publish transaction.YesYesEvery item in the Bundle — same unpublish actions that would occur if the items in the Bundle were to be unpublished individually, but with a single unpublish transaction.YesYes
Target GroupContext Expression — if Target Group has Context Expression dataYesNoPublished Context ExpressionYesN/A
CategoryAll items in the taxonomy to which the Category belongsYesNoAll published items in the taxonomy to which the Category belongsYesN/A